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[developers-reference.git] / pkgs.dbk

diff --git a/pkgs.dbk b/pkgs.dbk
index d975271f8031266126c6e3f3eb891514ad5d2fab..d628f6664207ebe8af8668147393ffec5b24c39d 100644 (file)
--- a/pkgs.dbk
+++ b/pkgs.dbk
@@ -1344,6 +1344,10 @@ should either be reassigned to another package in the case where the actual
 code has evolved into another package (e.g.  <literal>libfoo12</literal> was
 removed because <literal>libfoo13</literal> supersedes it) or closed if the
 software is simply no longer part of Debian.
+When closing the bugs,
+to avoid marking the bugs as fixed in versions of the packages
+in previous Debian releases, they should be marked as fixed
+in the version <literal>&lt;most-recent-version-ever-in-Debian&gt;+rm</literal>.
 </para>
 <section id="s5.9.2.1">
 <title>Removing packages from <filename>Incoming</filename></title>